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Mount Desert Rock and Light Station Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Places, Island Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Frenchboro	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Mount Desert Rock and Light Station Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13666 Type: Reference Subject: Places, Island Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: Frenchboro
Bear Island Light Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Cranberry Isles, Bear Island	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Bear Island Light Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-3498 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: Cranberry Isles, Bear Island Description: The Bear Island Light is located on the west end of Bear Island. It was originally established in 1839. The current structure dates to 1889. The Light was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Baker Island Light Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Cranberry Isles, Baker Island	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Baker Island Light Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13200 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: Cranberry Isles, Baker Island
Bass Harbor Head Light Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Tremont, Bass Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Bass Harbor Head Light Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13207 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: Tremont, Bass Harbor
Egg Rock Light Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Bar Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Egg Rock Light Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12903 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: Bar Harbor
Great Duck Light Station Great Duck Island Lighthouse Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Frenchboro, Great Duck Island	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Great Duck Light Station Great Duck Island Lighthouse Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13032 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: Frenchboro, Great Duck Island Description: Town – Frenchboro, Maine Geographic Location – Duck Island, Blue Hill Bay approach Longitude & Latitude – 44º 08’ 30” N – 68º 14’ 42” W Station Established - 1890 Present Lighthouse Built – 1890 Original Optic – Fifth-order Fresnel lens Other Buildings - 1890 keeper's house, 1890 fog signal building, 1890 boathouse, 1890 storage building, 1901 oil house Height of Tower – 42’ Height of Focal Plane – 67’ Disposition – 2014 – owned & maintained by College of the Atlantic Automated - 1986 NRHP - 88000159 Keeper History: Joseph M. Gray, assistant (1901-1905), then principal keeper (1905-1920) [show more]
Lighthouses and Life Saving Stations of Mount Desert Island Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Lighthouses and Life Saving Stations of Mount Desert Island Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15612 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Maine	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14221 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: Maine Description: "ROCKLAND BREAKWATER LIGHTOUSE TO BE RAZED - The U.S. Coast Guard has announced it will demolish the unmanned lighthouse which has stood on the breakwater at the entrance to Rockland Harbor since the beginning of the century, but will retain a light tower there as an aid to navigation. The above photo was taken in 1904 when Captain Clifford Robbins of Southwest Harbor was the keeper. The lighthouse and keeper's dwelling were erected after the breakwater was completed in 1899. The 4300-foot breakwater, which protects Rockland Harbor from easterly storms, was eighteen years under construction and required 732,227 tons of stone for a barrier 65 feet high, 175 feet wide at the base and 45 feet at the top." Newspaper article – unknown source – circa 1963. The lighthouse was not demolished. Clifford M. Robbins, appointed keeper of the lighthouse on November 1, 1902, was born to Howard P. and Eliza Susan Tarr Robbins on February 23, 1880 in Tremont, Maine. Clifford married Pansy B. Lovering on December 26, 1899 in Tremont, Maine. Pansy was born in 1881 in Concord, New Hampshire. Clifford M. Robbins and his wife, Pansy B. Lovering Robbins both died in Bar Harbor, Maine in 1967. Clifford's father, Howard P. Robbins was also a lighthouse keeper there. “Howard P. Robbins, his son Cliff, Cliff’s wife Pansy, and their daughter Evelyn lived at the light on the breakwater. There was a stationery engine with a double 8 foot flywheel used to operate the compressor for the fog horn. Cliff taught Pansy to operate the engine so he could go scalloping in the winter. A Coast Guard inspector had to come out to inspect and be sure she was strong enough to operate it. One time her dress caught in the flywheel. She went head over heels. It didn’t hurt her any – she was young then and she was rugged and tough.” – Ralph Stanley – September 26, 2007 Rockland Breakwater is registered as a National Historic Place - 81000067 [show more]
Pemaquid Light Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Maine	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Pemaquid Light Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15330 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: Maine
Ram Island Lighthouse Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Maine	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Ram Island Lighthouse Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15339 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: Maine
Portland Head Light Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Maine	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Portland Head Light Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15340 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: Maine
Cobbossee Lake Lighthouse Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Cobbossee Lake Lighthouse Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15341 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Eastern Point Light Station, Gloucester Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	New England	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Eastern Point Light Station, Gloucester Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15219 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: New England Description: Eastern Point Light Station is located on a rocky promontory overlooking Dog Bar Reef at the eastern entrance to Gloucester Harbor in Gloucester, Massachusetts. "Eastern Point Light Station was established in 1832. Following the arrival of the railroad in Gloucester in 1847 the fishing business exploded and the importance of Eastern Point Light increased. A new light tower replaced the poorly constructed original tower in 1848. American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910) lived at Eastern Point Light in 1880. Homer's works depicting the scenery and everyday life of this maritime community are among his most famous. The third and present tower was built in 1890 on the masonry foundation of the 1832 tower. The 36-foot tall, conical brick tower is painted white. An enclosed passageway and covered walkway connect the tower to the two-story double keepers' quarters, which was built in 1879. Eastern Point Light Station consists of the 1890 tower, keepers' quarters, walkway, oil house and bell tower. Also located on the site is a secondary keeper's dwelling (1908), a radio beacon (1931) and a foghorn (1951)." - National Park Service, Maritime History of Massachusetts, Eastern Point Light Station, Accessed online 02/05/08; http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/maritime/ept.htm [show more]
Crabtree Ledge Light Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Maine	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Crabtree Ledge Light Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14791 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: Maine Description: See http://www.newenglandlighthouses.net/crabtree-ledge-light-history.html for information about this lighthouse.
Heron Neck Light Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Maine	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Heron Neck Light Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14793 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: Maine
Burnt Coat Harbor Light Hockomock Head Light Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Swans Island	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Burnt Coat Harbor Light Hockomock Head Light Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14799 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: Swans Island
Owls Head Light Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Maine	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Owls Head Light Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14725 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: Maine
Whitehead Light Station Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Maine	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Whitehead Light Station Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14701 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: Maine Description: Town – Tenants Harbor, Maine Geographic Location – Eastern side of Whitehead Island Longitude & Latitude - 43º 58' 47.3" N - 69º 07' 30" W Station Established - Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson in 1803 and established in 1804 Present Lighthouse Built – 1852 Original Optic – 1857 – Third-order Fresnel Lens Other Buildings - 1891 keeper's house, 1891 oil house, 1888 fog signal building. boathouse with launchway, schoolhouse, granite wharf, tractor garage (former fire pump house) Height of Tower – 41’ Height of Focal Plane – 75’ Disposition – Active – maintained and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard - owned by Pine Island Camp Automated - 1982 NRHP - 88000154 Keeper History: 1875 Ellis Dolph Isaac Grant 1902-1919 Elmer Staples Reed (1873-) [show more]
West Quoddy Head Light Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Maine	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	West Quoddy Head Light Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13244 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: Maine
Blue Hill Bay Light Sand Island Light Eggemoggin Light Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Maine	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Blue Hill Bay Light Sand Island Light Eggemoggin Light Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13218 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: Maine Description: Blue Hill Bay Light also known as "Sand Island Light" or "Eggemoggin Light" The station was established in 1857 and the present lighthouse built in 1857 – discontinued in 1933. The 1857 keeper’s house and the 1905 oil house are still standing. The original optic lens is a Fourth order Fresnel. "In the mid-nineteenth century, the town of Ellsworth, on the Union River north of Blue Hill Bay, was a thriving lumber port, and a lighthouse was needed to guide mariners into the southern entrance to the bay. Abraham Flye sold Green Island to the federal government for a light station in 1855 for $150, and the light was established on the west side of the island in 1857. The lighthouse also helped guide mariners into the eastern end of Eggemoggin Reach, which connects Penobscot Bay with Blue Hill Bay." - “Blue Hill Bay Light” by Jeremy D'Entremont, New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide, 1997-2009, Accessed online 12/27/12; http://lighthouse.cc/bluehillbay/history.html Keepers from the Southwest Harbor / Tremont area were: Howard P. Robbins (1837-1918), keeper from 1882 to 1888, and Roscoe G. Lopaus (1845-1912), keeper from 1889 to 1895. [show more]

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